Virginia House Bill 1451 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 21 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Pending: House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Pet shops; posting of information about dogs; civil penalty. Provides for the assessment of a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per violation when (i) any owner of a pet shop that sells dogs does not maintain a written record for each dog in its possession containing certain information or (ii) a pet shop that sells dogs fails to post a notice stating that USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service inspection reports are available prior to purchase. Currently, such violations are subject to the enforcement provisions of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.

Pet shops; posting of information about dogs, civil penalty.

Del. Robert Orrock [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2023-01-13	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
2022-12-21	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2022-12-21	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102029D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	6513.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	200	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1451
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1451+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1451F122+PDF